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Sybil: Historia verídica de una mujer poseída por 16 personalidades diferentes
Sebastián Martínez, Luis Vigil, Flora Rheta Schreiber
3.69 AVERAGE
261 reviews for:
Sybil: Historia verídica de una mujer poseída por 16 personalidades diferentes
Sebastián Martínez, Luis Vigil, Flora Rheta Schreiber
3.69 AVERAGE
Interesting story but I am afraid I did not finish it, dragged on after the second half excellent book if you are stu
A very interesting story, especially since it's such a controversial one. My mother was horrified that I was spending my Christmas break reading this. All she could think of was the movie starring Sally Field and the horrific child abuse scenes. I stayed up til 5am Christmas Eve (well, Christmas morning) finishing this book. If you've seen the movie, you definitely need to read the book. My only problem with the book is that Sybil's healing process was vague.
Horrifying, fascinating, moving. Such a worthwhile read for anyone interested in psychology. Or not.
inspiring
slow-paced
Not only was this story proven to be false, the book is about 300 pages longer than it needs to be. Some pretty outrageous presumptions are made (if you forget something that happened in your childhood it MUST be multiple personalities!) and the story repeats itself over and over again. I enjoyed the scandalous elements in the beginning but it went nowhere after that.
So this book is something...it is a fascinating story, but there is some controversy surrounding Sybil and if she really had the 16 personalities or if she faked it. There are also concerns of her being taking advantage of by the author and her daughter. I did still find the book intriguing, although it dragged in a lot of places and I had to skim a bit.
I am going to read Sybil Exposed soon...just to see. Would love to see others' thoughts!
I am going to read Sybil Exposed soon...just to see. Would love to see others' thoughts!
Feels like academic fraud for profit with absolutely no reasonable grounding in reality.
Such a fascinating account of such a rare and misunderstood affliction. I’m glad I finally read this classic.
Mostly notes from my iPhone:
Their staring eyes as she ran away "uncomprehendingly engraving themselves into her spine". From the very first page I was intrigued by the writing.
Probably not a coincidence that I put the book down for a few days after the chapter about how her mother tortured her. It was some dark stuff and very difficult to read.
It honestly did not occur to me to tape the selves and play them back to her, interesting because now it seems so obvious.
True to life, I did not care one ounce for reading about her dreams. Psychoanalysis is silly. Age progression through hypnosis is a very interesting idea, though.
It was hard for me to read this as a nonfiction book because it was so well-written and such a captivating story, as well as outdated for what I know from my psychology education. Essentially, this is just a very lurid case study and the best account of its time (and possibly now) of multiple personality disorder, which there is still a lot of controversy about the very existence of. If this book is true, I don't what argument there could be against it, and it definitely inspired me to do some more research. Overall, a must-read for psych students, as well as just an interesting story for anyone else!
At times I felt that the dialogue could be a little forced, or that Sybil seemed too understanding or compliant ("Yes I see," Sybil agreed. This brings what you've been saying into sharper focus.")
"She abandoned the animal she loved as she herself had been abandoned repeatedly in the past by people who had claimed to love her."
"Life has so much pain that one needs a catharsis. I don't mean escape. You don't escape in books. On the contrary, they help you to realize yourself more fully. Mon dieu, I'm glad I have them. When I find myself in a situation in which I'd rather not be-- because of the peculiar circumstances of my life-- I have this outlet. You may think me tres superieure but I'm not really, I just am what I am and live the way I like."
"The point is: How ill is the patient? It is not: How serious is the patient's illness?"
"Is there no way of making her realize that even though she is extremely handicapped by her illness, I don't think less of her? Will she never understand that in spite of the fact that she undervalues herself to a marked degree, I do not undervalue her?"
"Ramon was so eager to reach her yet so incapable of understanding what it was he would reach."
Their staring eyes as she ran away "uncomprehendingly engraving themselves into her spine". From the very first page I was intrigued by the writing.
Probably not a coincidence that I put the book down for a few days after the chapter about how her mother tortured her. It was some dark stuff and very difficult to read.
It honestly did not occur to me to tape the selves and play them back to her, interesting because now it seems so obvious.
True to life, I did not care one ounce for reading about her dreams. Psychoanalysis is silly. Age progression through hypnosis is a very interesting idea, though.
It was hard for me to read this as a nonfiction book because it was so well-written and such a captivating story, as well as outdated for what I know from my psychology education. Essentially, this is just a very lurid case study and the best account of its time (and possibly now) of multiple personality disorder, which there is still a lot of controversy about the very existence of. If this book is true, I don't what argument there could be against it, and it definitely inspired me to do some more research. Overall, a must-read for psych students, as well as just an interesting story for anyone else!
At times I felt that the dialogue could be a little forced, or that Sybil seemed too understanding or compliant ("Yes I see," Sybil agreed. This brings what you've been saying into sharper focus.")
"She abandoned the animal she loved as she herself had been abandoned repeatedly in the past by people who had claimed to love her."
"Life has so much pain that one needs a catharsis. I don't mean escape. You don't escape in books. On the contrary, they help you to realize yourself more fully. Mon dieu, I'm glad I have them. When I find myself in a situation in which I'd rather not be-- because of the peculiar circumstances of my life-- I have this outlet. You may think me tres superieure but I'm not really, I just am what I am and live the way I like."
"The point is: How ill is the patient? It is not: How serious is the patient's illness?"
"Is there no way of making her realize that even though she is extremely handicapped by her illness, I don't think less of her? Will she never understand that in spite of the fact that she undervalues herself to a marked degree, I do not undervalue her?"
"Ramon was so eager to reach her yet so incapable of understanding what it was he would reach."
Rather dull, especially when you know that the case was concocted out of whole cloth.